Thursday, July 12, 2007

Pressed Flower Kids Craft.

Do you remember the flowers from our garden that the boys placed in a book to press a few weeks back? Well, we took a peek and they were dry! We pondered our options and A decided on the hanging "art" project. The end result looks GREAT, and they were easy to make.Supplies:Glue stick, modpodge (or elmer's), large blank folding cards, ribbon, tape, background paper, brushes for glue.

I had several large recycled paper blank greeting cards which we used - and the background paper we used is hand made paper flecked with plants, so it matches the dried flowers. We used duct tape because my children wandered off with all my other tape, so that is all I could find!

Step 1. Rub glue stick on back of background paper, then center background paper on the front of the card. Press down.Step 2. Tape the ribbon to the inside back of the card. Glue stick the inside of the card and press closed, sealing the card with the ribbon looping out the top to create a hanger.Step 3. Lightly modpodge with brushes the background paper. Place the flowers gently on the glue. Using the brush, add more modpodge over the top of the flowers to coat (mom needs to help a bit with this part if the kids are little).Step 4. Let it dry 15-20 minutes. You can do additional layers of modpodge over the top if you want.They turned out great and both boys were able to work on it. You know how it goes - there was gloopy glue with brushes and a glue stick involved, so the kids loved it!

These are so beautiful! I collect and press flowers from my garden time to time and only recently discovered the wonderful world of modge podge! I just thought about using it to preserve and display them and came across this lovely craft you posted! Yours have turned out so beautifully and I'm so inspired! I'll need to lookup how to make my own paper though! Impressive!

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Hi! I am Denise, mom to two free spirited boys. We spend our days living creatively and mindfully, unschooling, following our passions, eating locally, creating our life -- and having fun.
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